Pwllheli

Pwllheli Harbour

Pwllheli Town

Pwllheli is the traditional market-town of the beautiful Llŷn Peninsula (Welsh: Pen Llŷn) in Wales.

The town is on the coast, with two sandy beaches (though the better beaches lie further down the peninsula, for example; Quarry a busy sandy beach, Porth Neigwl a famous surfing beach and remote tranquil beaches like Porth Ysgo which has a 20-ft waterfall), a marina host to many sailing regattas and as the market town has shops and cafés.

Get in

By train

• 1 Pwllheli railway station. terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway from Shrewsbury via Dovey Junction and Machynlleth  

By bus

• Bus station has connections from Caernarfon (where connections can be made to Bangor); Porthmadog; Nefyn; Abersoch; Aberdaron.

By car

On the A499 Llandwrog/Llanwnda - Abersoch and A497 Porthmadog - Nefyn roads.

See

• 1 Carreg yr Imbill (Gimlet Rock). The remains of a large granite outcrop and quarry. (updated Oct 2016)

Eat

• 1 Plas Bodegroes, Nefyn Road, ☏ +44 1758 612363. A Georgian country house with restaurant and accommodation. (updated Sep 2016)

Sleep

• 1 Gorwel Self Catering Holiday Cottage (Tyddyn hunan-arlwyo Gorwel), Broom Hall Road, ☏ +44 1758614735, barrie@gorwel.info. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 10AM. 5-star self-catering accommodation with views over Cardigan Bay & Pwllheli Harbour. £650-1,100. 
• 2 The Studio, 7 Innes Estate, Pwllheli.LL53 5RP (next door to the Golf Club), ☏ +44 7729625570, marilynselwyn@gmail.co.uk. A self-catering holiday let for 2 persons and is just over the sand dunes of Pwllheli Beach. £45 per night for two people. 
• 3 Hafan y Môr. Haven Holidays camp. Formerly the site of Butlin's Pwllheli (updated Oct 2016)
• 4 Old Rectory, Boduan LL53 6DT, ☏ +44 1758 721519. Excellent B&B in Georgian rectory. Only assistance dogs allowed. B&B double £100. (updated May 2020)

Go next

• Criccieth
• Abersoch
• Nefyn